Project Delivery Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Project Delivery
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Project Delivery skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 59 43
Rank change year-on-year +2 -16 +1
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 203 117 187
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 4.29% 3.31% 4.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.85% 3.81% 4.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 141 59 125
10th Percentile £300 £351 £400
25th Percentile £410 £425 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £477 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.01% -3.33% +7.14%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £593
90th Percentile £638 £696 £625
England median daily rate £520 £543 £550
% change year-on-year -4.15% -1.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 3 1
10th Percentile £19.75 £28.80 -
25th Percentile - £29.25 -
Median hourly rate £45.46 £30.00 £11.00
Median % change year-on-year +51.53% +172.73% -83.08%
75th Percentile - £42.89 -
90th Percentile £63.40 £50.63 -
England median hourly rate £45.46 £35.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +29.89% -36.36% -15.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

Project Delivery falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,183 3,073 4,081
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 88.42% 86.83% 88.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,776 1,746 2,707
10th Percentile £215 £263 £300
25th Percentile £363 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £467 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.74% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £650 £669 £675
England median daily rate £505 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -3.81% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 264 150 189
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.20 £15.74
25th Percentile £19.32 £17.12 £17.75
Median hourly rate £29.30 £27.44 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.77% -8.53% +34.83%
75th Percentile £52.50 £46.18 £46.18
90th Percentile £68.90 £67.57 £62.35
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +22.57%

Project Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Project Delivery relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Project Delivery job vacancy trend in the North of England

Project Delivery
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Project Delivery.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Project Delivery

Project Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Delivery in the North of England over the 6 months to 22 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Delivery in the North of England

Project Delivery
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Project Delivery.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Project Delivery

Project Delivery
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Delivery in the North of England over the 6 months to 22 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Delivery in the North of England

Project Delivery
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Delivery within the North of England region over the 6 months to 22 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West +8 121 £475 -4.52% 101
Yorkshire -4 71 £500 -12.70% 45
North East -4 12 £290 -49.34% 9
Project Delivery
England

Project Delivery
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 29 (14.29%) Confluence
2 15 (7.39%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.99%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.99%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.49%) IIS
4 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.49%) Moodle
Applications
1 15 (7.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (6.40%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (5.91%) Microsoft Project
4 9 (4.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (2.46%) Trello
6 2 (0.99%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.99%) Siemens NX
7 1 (0.49%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.49%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.49%) InDesign
7 1 (0.49%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (1.97%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.99%) SAP ERP
2 2 (0.99%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.49%) Finacle
3 1 (0.49%) MIS ActiveH
3 1 (0.49%) SAP IBP
3 1 (0.49%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 20 (9.85%) Azure
2 16 (7.88%) AWS
3 12 (5.91%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (3.94%) SaaS
5 6 (2.96%) GCP
5 6 (2.96%) OpenShift
6 5 (2.46%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (2.46%) Power Platform
7 4 (1.97%) Microsoft Copilot
8 3 (1.48%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (1.48%) PaaS
9 2 (0.99%) Amazon S3
9 2 (0.99%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (0.99%) Azure Service Bus
9 2 (0.99%) IaaS
9 2 (0.99%) Nutanix
9 2 (0.99%) Serverless
10 1 (0.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.49%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 11 (5.42%) DNS
2 10 (4.93%) Firewall
2 10 (4.93%) TCP/IP
3 8 (3.94%) SAN
4 7 (3.45%) SSL
5 6 (2.96%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 6 (2.96%) SSH
6 5 (2.46%) BIG-IP
6 5 (2.46%) VLAN
7 4 (1.97%) DMZ
7 4 (1.97%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 4 (1.97%) HTTP
7 4 (1.97%) Network Security
7 4 (1.97%) Wireshark
8 3 (1.48%) DHCP
8 3 (1.48%) LAN
8 3 (1.48%) WAN
9 2 (0.99%) BGP
9 2 (0.99%) iSCSI
9 2 (0.99%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.46%) Power BI
1 5 (2.46%) Tableau
2 3 (1.48%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.99%) Electronic Patient Records
3 2 (0.99%) GIS
3 2 (0.99%) MongoDB
3 2 (0.99%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.49%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.49%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.49%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.49%) Looker
4 1 (0.49%) SAP BW
4 1 (0.49%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 38 (18.72%) JIRA
2 4 (1.97%) Fiddler
3 2 (0.99%) Git
4 1 (0.49%) Appium
4 1 (0.49%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.49%) GitLab
4 1 (0.49%) Gradle
4 1 (0.49%) HP UFT
4 1 (0.49%) IntelliJ
4 1 (0.49%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.49%) Selenium
General
1 83 (40.89%) Social Skills
2 66 (32.51%) Finance
3 26 (12.81%) Banking
4 13 (6.40%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (4.93%) Public Sector
6 8 (3.94%) Influencing Skills
6 8 (3.94%) Legal
7 7 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (2.96%) Investment Banking
9 5 (2.46%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (2.46%) Retail
10 4 (1.97%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.99%) Automotive
11 2 (0.99%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.99%) Health Technology
11 2 (0.99%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.99%) Marketing
12 1 (0.49%) Local Government
12 1 (0.49%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.49%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 60 (29.56%) Project Manager
2 27 (13.30%) Lead
3 21 (10.34%) Analyst
4 20 (9.85%) Senior
5 17 (8.37%) Architect
6 11 (5.42%) Business Analyst
7 10 (4.93%) Network Engineer
7 10 (4.93%) Solutions Architect
8 9 (4.43%) Cybersecurity Manager
8 9 (4.43%) Delivery Manager
8 9 (4.43%) Senior Manager
9 8 (3.94%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
9 8 (3.94%) Security Manager
9 8 (3.94%) Senior Project Manager
10 7 (3.45%) SAP Manager
10 7 (3.45%) Security Project Manager
11 6 (2.96%) Service Manager
11 6 (2.96%) Service Transition Manager
11 6 (2.96%) Storage Engineer
11 6 (2.96%) Transition Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.97%) REST
2 3 (1.48%) Middleware
2 3 (1.48%) SOAP
3 2 (0.99%) .NET
3 2 (0.99%) .NET Core
3 2 (0.99%) .NET Framework
3 2 (0.99%) Entity Framework
3 2 (0.99%) FHIR
3 2 (0.99%) OAuth
3 2 (0.99%) React
3 2 (0.99%) RESTful
3 2 (0.99%) YAML
4 1 (0.49%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (0.49%) GraphQL
4 1 (0.49%) HTML5
4 1 (0.49%) JSON
4 1 (0.49%) JSON Schema
4 1 (0.49%) OpenTelemetry
4 1 (0.49%) Spring Boot
4 1 (0.49%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 16 (7.88%) Virtual Team
2 12 (5.91%) Onboarding
2 12 (5.91%) Product Ownership
3 11 (5.42%) Management Information System
4 8 (3.94%) Data Centre
5 6 (2.96%) Tandem
6 4 (1.97%) Clustering
6 4 (1.97%) NHS
6 4 (1.97%) Private Cloud
6 4 (1.97%) Replication
7 3 (1.48%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.48%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.48%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.48%) PKI
7 3 (1.48%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.99%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.99%) Legacy Applications
8 2 (0.99%) SCADA
8 2 (0.99%) Security Operations Centre
8 2 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 17 (8.37%) Windows
2 11 (5.42%) Windows Server
3 9 (4.43%) Unix
4 3 (1.48%) Linux
4 3 (1.48%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (0.99%) Solaris
5 2 (0.99%) VMS
5 2 (0.99%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.49%) pSOS
6 1 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.49%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (37.93%) Project Management
2 68 (33.50%) Agile
3 55 (27.09%) Stakeholder Management
4 45 (22.17%) Continuous Improvement
5 44 (21.67%) Change Management
5 44 (21.67%) Problem-Solving
6 41 (20.20%) ITIL
7 38 (18.72%) DevOps
8 34 (16.75%) Cybersecurity
9 31 (15.27%) Budget Management
10 29 (14.29%) Migration
11 28 (13.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 27 (13.30%) PRINCE2
12 27 (13.30%) Service Delivery
13 20 (9.85%) Six Sigma
14 18 (8.87%) Service Management
15 17 (8.37%) Mentoring
15 17 (8.37%) Waterfall
16 16 (7.88%) Lean Six Sigma
16 16 (7.88%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (4.93%) Python
2 8 (3.94%) PowerShell
3 7 (3.45%) SQL
4 3 (1.48%) C#
4 3 (1.48%) Java
5 1 (0.49%) Bash
5 1 (0.49%) Kotlin
5 1 (0.49%) Perl
Qualifications
1 44 (21.67%) Degree
2 21 (10.34%) Security Cleared
3 15 (7.39%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 12 (5.91%) SC Cleared
5 11 (5.42%) PMP
6 10 (4.93%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (3.45%) PMI Certification
8 6 (2.96%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (2.96%) ITIL Certification
9 5 (2.46%) CCNA
9 5 (2.46%) CCNP
9 5 (2.46%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (1.97%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.99%) BC Cleared
11 2 (0.99%) CISM
11 2 (0.99%) CISSP
11 2 (0.99%) MCSA
11 2 (0.99%) MCSE
11 2 (0.99%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.99%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (6.40%) QA
2 11 (5.42%) PMO
3 4 (1.97%) GDPR
3 4 (1.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.97%) SLA
4 2 (0.99%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.99%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.99%) NIST
4 2 (0.99%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.49%) EU AI Act
5 1 (0.49%) GRC
5 1 (0.49%) PMBOK
5 1 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 9 (4.43%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (3.45%) Active Directory
3 5 (2.46%) vSphere
4 4 (1.97%) Docker
4 4 (1.97%) Firmware
5 3 (1.48%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.99%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.99%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.99%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.49%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 7 (3.45%) Ansible
2 5 (2.46%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.97%) SCCM
4 3 (1.48%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (1.48%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (1.48%) vCenter Server
5 2 (0.99%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.99%) Terraform
6 1 (0.49%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.49%) Grafana
6 1 (0.49%) Red Hat Satellite
6 1 (0.49%) SCOM
6 1 (0.49%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 29 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 14 (6.90%) SAP
3 12 (5.91%) VMware
4 11 (5.42%) Cisco
4 11 (5.42%) F5
5 10 (4.93%) NetApp
6 9 (4.43%) ServiceNow
7 8 (3.94%) IBM
8 7 (3.45%) Palo Alto
9 5 (2.46%) Veeam
10 4 (1.97%) Blue Coat
10 4 (1.97%) Citrix
10 4 (1.97%) EMC
10 4 (1.97%) McAfee
10 4 (1.97%) SolarWinds
10 4 (1.97%) Veritas
11 3 (1.48%) CheckPoint
11 3 (1.48%) Oracle
11 3 (1.48%) Siemens
12 2 (0.99%) HP